linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add test

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Message-ID: <2025111944-bullpen-slinging-dcdc@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:02:49 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
	Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add test_kho to KHO's entry

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 04:55:06PM +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19 2025, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 07:24:15PM +0100, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> >> Commit b753522bed0b7 ("kho: add test for kexec handover") introduced the
> >> KHO test but missed adding it to KHO's MAINTAINERS entry. Add it so the
> >> KHO maintainers can get patches for its test.
> >> 
> >> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> >
> > Why is this a patch for stable trees?
> 
> If someone finds a problem with this test in a stable kernel, they will
> know who to contact.

Contacting developers/maintainers should always be done on the latest
kernel release, not on older stable kernels as fixes need to ALWAYS be
done on Linus's tree first.

Please don't force us to attempt to keep MAINTAINERS changes in sync in
stable kernel trees, that way lies madness and even more patches that
you would be forcing me to handle :)

thanks,

greg k-h